Mega Fm & Agency
The Court of Appeal has constituted a panel of three Justices to hear an appeal filed by Christopher Okello Onyum, who was sentenced to death for murdering four toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre in Kampala.
According to a judicial officer allocation notification issued through the Judiciary’s Electronic Court Case Management Information System on November 10, 2026, the appeal, registered under case number COA-00-CR-CN-0288-2026, has been assigned to Justices Christopher Gashirabake, Eva K. Luswata and John Mike Musisi.
Justice Gashirabake has been designated as the lead judicial officer on the panel.
The constitution of the panel marks another step in the appellate proceedings initiated by Okello, who is challenging both his conviction and the death sentence imposed by the High Court.
Okello, 39, was convicted on four counts of murder following a fast-tracked trial presided over by Lady Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha.
On April 30, 2026, the judge sentenced him to death on all four counts.
The murders occurred on April 2, 2026, at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, where four children aged between one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half years were killed.
